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I make DD turn off the phone when there’s family time. Whether that is attending Mass during my weekends or visiting my parents. This is not to block my ex specifically, but to block the distractions of everything phone related. My ex can still leave a voice mail or text, but he gets a response later. I think it took 5 months for him to accept.

I didn’t need to do anything else.

I wouldn’t recommend blocking your ex. The court won’t like it and it’s not good for your kid. Leave a window when your child interact with dad every day. Our order actually specified an opportunity to interact by phone daily, but it didn’t dictate when or for how long. Maybe if I did something ridiculous like say you can text for 15 min at 6 am only, my ex would flip out. And rightfully so. But turning off the phone altogether for a few hours leaves a lot of reasonable opportunities.

Basically, be reasonable. Give a heads up: Cousin Larla’s wedding is 10 am to 11 pm so Larlito’s phone will be off. Call before then if you want to chat?[/quote]

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